Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1987

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1987 were Jessica for girls (1,631 babies) and Michael for boys (2,783). Social Security records list 93,482 babies born in New Jersey in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1987

Names given at least 15 times in New Jersey that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Jessenia: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Shakira: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Asia: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Michele: 118 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janine: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shante: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maura: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jasmin: 68 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gillian: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 138 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 47 babies, 5× the national rate
Kareem: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gerard: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dominick: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lamar: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamar: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alexis: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nelson: 59 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ali: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	1,631	–	1
2	Ashley	1,262	↑1	2
3	Amanda	1,176	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	1,103	↓2	4
5	Nicole	988	–	8
6	Lauren	810	–	16
7	Stephanie	780	–	6
8	Melissa	744	–	13
9	Danielle	694	–	14
10	Samantha	619	↑8	11
11	Sarah	556	–	5
12	Christina	546	↓2	20
13	Brittany	467	↑9	7
14	Kelly	459	↑2	30
15	Michelle	441	↑2	21
16	Elizabeth	433	↓4	10
17	Megan	420	↓3	12
18	Kimberly	418	↓3	23
19	Heather	401	–	9
20	Laura	394	↓7	22
21	Christine	362	↓1	48
22	Emily	354	↑10	19
23	Rachel	347	↓2	17
24	Katherine	333	–	28
25	Erin	331	–	34
26	Lisa	328	↓3	40
27	Tiffany	312	↓1	18
28	Amy	305	↑2	24
29	Rebecca	303	↓1	25
30	Kristen	298	↓3	42
31	Allison	291	↓2	44
32	Jacqueline	274	↑1	54
33	Sara	261	↑1	29
34	Vanessa	259	↑3	43
35	Alexandra	257	↑9	59
36	Caitlin	255	↓1	63
37	Erica	253	↓6	31
38	Shannon	253	↑1	45
39	Dana	241	↓3	83
40	Alyssa	240	new	60
41	Victoria	235	–	50
42	Jamie	226	↓2	39
43	Crystal	223	↑4	26
44	Courtney	218	↓6	33
45	Jenna	212	–	57
46	Lindsay	209	↓3	49
47	Kathryn	203	↑1	51
48	Kristin	199	↓6	55
49	Mary	193	↑1	37
50	Andrea	188	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	2,783	–	1
2	Christopher	1,699	–	2
3	Matthew	1,594	–	3
4	Daniel	1,400	–	7
5	Joseph	1,302	–	12
6	David	1,164	–	5
7	John	1,128	↑1	11
8	Andrew	1,071	↑2	6
9	Robert	1,070	↓2	10
10	Anthony	966	↑1	17
11	James	936	↓2	8
12	Brian	932	↑1	20
13	Ryan	849	↓1	13
14	Kevin	828	↑1	19
15	Jonathan	800	↑2	18
16	William	798	–	15
17	Thomas	774	↓3	24
18	Nicholas	716	↑2	16
19	Steven	660	–	25
20	Jason	628	↓2	23
21	Justin	601	↑3	9
22	Eric	591	↓1	21
23	Timothy	574	↑2	26
24	Kyle	563	↓1	22
25	Joshua	552	↑3	4
26	Richard	539	↓4	30
27	Jeffrey	534	↓1	32
28	Sean	532	↓1	40
29	Stephen	473	↑1	38
30	Mark	453	↓1	36
31	Alexander	443	↑1	37
32	Adam	385	↓1	27
33	Gregory	374	–	47
34	Patrick	366	–	41
35	Paul	362	↑1	46
36	Scott	362	↓1	43
37	Charles	332	↑1	35
38	Peter	323	↓1	64
39	Brandon	303	–	14
40	Bryan	284	↑2	51
41	Edward	276	↓1	61
42	Jose	268	↑1	48
43	Kenneth	266	↓2	53
44	Benjamin	236	↑5	28
45	Zachary	213	new	33
46	Keith	206	↑1	69
47	George	203	new	77
48	Jeremy	202	↓4	29
49	Frank	197	↓4	97
50	Vincent	195	–	95

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